It is a known fact that the friendly relations between Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and Chinna Jeeyar Swamy have strained beyond repair, since the inauguration of Ramanujacharya statue last month.
For the last few days there has been speculation that YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is likely to retain senior cabinet colleague Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy during the forthcoming revamp of the state council of ministers.
At a time when everybody thought the demand for providing reservations to the Kapu community in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota in Andhra Pradesh is a closed chapter, the Central government suddenly pushed the ball into the Jagan government's court.
Normally, most of the spiritual seers heading traditional mutts try to keep themselves away from controversies. They focus more on spreading spiritualism and Hindu dharma.
The sudden meeting of popular director S S Rajamouli with Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy at the chief minister’s office at Tadepalli on Monday evening led to a lot of speculations in the media circles.
The elections held to the Hyderabad Press Club on Sunday reminded one of a high-voltage political battle and clearly exposed the political and caste alignments of the journalists, who are expected to be above caste and political affiliations.
Following the landslide victory in the assembly elections in four states, of the Bharatiya Janata Party seems to be of building high hopes on coming to power in Telangana as well as Andhra Pradesh.
The stupendous victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the assembly elections in four states – Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur – has rocked the entire nation.
If the statement made by Andhra Pradesh state municipal administration and urban development minister Botsa Satyanarayana is any indication, the Jagan Mohan Reddy government may postpone its three capitals’ plan to 2024.
Prominent industrialist-turned-politician Potluri Vara Prasad (PVP), who unsuccessfully contested as YSR Congress party candidate from Vijayawada parliamentary constituency recently, is learnt to have decided to call it quits to the ruling party.
It appears Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s attempt to build an alternative political alliance to defeat Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre has no takers.
The Central Bureau of Investigation appears to be hell bent on fixing YSR Congress party MP and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s cousin Y S Avinash Reddy in the sensational murder of their uncle and former minister Y S Vivekananda Reddy in March 2019.
Convert every crisis into an opportunity – this has been the slogan of Telugu Desam Party president and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu in all his public talks. Now, the YSR Congress party seems to have decided to follow the same slogan in targeting Naidu in the coming elections.
If YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has his way, Mekapati Sri Keethi, widow of former state industries and commence minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy, is likely to be inducted into the state cabinet sooner than later.
A year after the death of Indu Jain, the chairperson of Times of India group, the oldest and the most influential news media companies in the country, her sons – Sameer Jain and Vineet Jain are learnt to have decided to part ways, thereby leading to the split of the largest media house.
